Hornets Nest

[deerdown]

Tried to get this booger Friday morning since it was 35 degrees out, I figured they'd be pretty much unable to move....
But, I chickened out.

Will wait for hard freeze..

First one I ever found.

 

[muddy]

Don't be a pussy... they're only paper wasps... grab that SOB and stuff it into a garbage bag!

 

[Matthewfox_45]

Hornets or giant locust thorns? Both options suck!

 

[Daver]

I would wait too. I accidentally got into a ground nest of hornets a few years right at dark and I couldn't see them at first...but I sure felt them! Ouch!

 

[deerdown]

I felt like a puss too ! There's blackberry bushes underneath it, it's in a locust tree, and, well, they are hornets - which I learned will chase you up to 300 feet....

I had to brush hog the blackberry bushes to get underneath the nest, hitting the locust tree, which was rocking the nest pretty good.....

You think they'd build these in an easier spot to get to...lol

 

[150 Class]

Those bald faced sobs are an sob of an experience if you test them too early.

 

[deerdown]

So I heard ! I had 2 clear garbage bags ready to bag the nest, a rope to tie it off, a ladder to get up to the nest (about 7 ft off the ground), and a getaway route planned.

All I needed was the courage, which I apparently left back at the cabin....

 

[Ishi]

Live life to the fullest and get it before the wind does!

 

[deerdown]

I plan to get it as soon after the first freeze. This is the first one I've ever found, don't know how prevalent they are, I told a buddy about it and he said they found 2 last year and they got both of them. He said he never looked for them, I guess neither did I, this was in an area I travel all the time, it'd have been hard to miss.

 

[Fishbonker]

Don't wait too long, the birds start making big holes in them. As far as courage, I think the line is "Hold my beer and watch this".

 

[meyeri]

I've found half a dozen in my life and I always find them during hunting season so I never have had this issue. I'd wait for sure! . I have 3 at my folks place and they just rotate the beat up side towards the wall. No one knows any better and there's no risk of having to explain to a hospital nurse how you managed to break a leg while covered in hornet stings with thorns sticking out of you.

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[muddy]

I will drive Bonker down and, with enough Makers, he will get it out of that tree for ya

 

[Fishbonker]

I will drive Bonker down and, with enough Makers, he will get it out of that tree for ya

How did we decide it? Were you going to hold the ladder or was I going to stand on your shoulders?

 

[Matthewfox_45]

Bonker, I figured for safety sake, you would sit on his shoulders backward, this would obviously allow for more points of contact, and therefore be significantly safer.

 

[deerdown]

And will protect your privates should you encounter an attack...

 

[deerdown]

Not yet, might try this weekend. I'll post if I man up...

 

[Bowtech bandit]

Last year one day my sons and I got 5. Shotgun with full choke to branches helps with the higher ones. Wind and rain deteriorate them in a hurry in the fall when leaves are gone.

 

[muddy]

Freeze warning tonight. Get out there about midnight and cut it down. Bees can't see in the dark.

 

[Windwalker]

Be fun to watch from a safe distance